Crystalline State Photoreactions [recurso electrónico] Direct Observation of Reaction Processes and Metastable Intermediates

This book focuses on a variety of photochemical reaction processes in the crystalline state. The crystalline state reaction is a new category of solid state reaction, in which a reaction occurs with retention of the single crystal form. The whole reaction processes were observed directly by X-ray and neutron diffractions. In this book, not only the structures of metastable intermediates, such as radicals, carbenes, and nitrenes, but also the unstable species of photochromic compounds and photo-excited structures are shown with colored figures of the molecular structures, with more than 200 figures. The book is an indispensable resource not only for organic, inorganic and physical chemists but also for graduate students, as it furnishes more than 300 references. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Crystalline-State Photoreactions: Direct Observation of Reaction Processes and Metastable Intermediates....Pages 1-4 Crystalline-State Reaction and Reaction Cavity....Pages 5-18 Racemizations of Alkyl Groups in Cobaloxime Complex Crystals....Pages 19-57 Characteristic Processes of Various Racemizations....Pages 59-81 Photoisomerization of Alkyl Groups in Cobaloxime Complexes....Pages 83-124 Control of Reactivity....Pages 125-149 Metastable or Unstable Intermediates in Reversible Processes....Pages 151-185 Metastable or Unstable Intermediates in Reversible Processes....Pages 187-205 Conclusion....Pages 207-208